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Because of the tremendous rise in obesity among children, diseases that when affected only adults are now being detected in children. According to the Ama, 13.9 percent of children Two to five years old, 18.8 percent of kids 6 to 11 years of age and 17.4 percent of teenagers are obese. While there's been some recent interest in giving statins to obese kids with high cholesterol, the use of these drugs on children hasn't yet been extensively tested. There are a number of established methods to help children slim down.